Meta’s camera-equipped smart glasses have proven more successful than other entrants into the market, but they have also disturbed certain consumers who see them as invasive emblems of a dystopian surveillance society run amok.
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Meta’s Reality Labs is still losing a gargantuan amount of money, as its earnings report from April said.
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Meta’s camera-equipped smart glasses have proven more successful than other entrants into the market, but they have also disturbed certain consumers who see them as invasive emblems of a dystopian surveillance society run amok.
The Information reports that Meta is developing a new smart glasses model, dubbed Luna, that, sans cameras, comes equipped with a system to communicate with the company’s AI chatbot and Muse, its AI consumer agent.
TechCrunch reached out to Meta for more information.
Meta’s Reality Labs is still losing a gargantuan amount of money, as its earnings report from April said.
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TechCrunchAfter accusations of selling ‘perv glasses,’ Meta prepares to sell a pair without a cameraplain
EngadgetMeta is reportedly gearing up to launch new smart glasses without a cameraplain
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